In a lab experiment, 70 bacteria are placed in a petri dish. The conditions are such that the number of bacteria is able to double every 26 hours. How many bacteria would there be after 21 hours, to the nearest whole number?
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Since the bacteria doubles every 26 hours, in 21 hours, it would have doubled approximately 21/26 = 0.8077 times. The number of bacteria after a certain number of doublings is given by the initial number of bacteria times 2 to the power of the number of Show more…
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